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I have often seen Scrum Teams struggling to come up with a sprint goal during the sprint planning meeting. This happens more with teams that are new to Scrum, but it is also the case with experienced Scrum Teams. Multiple factors are behind this problem.

When I realized that our Agile team was working and evolving, I wanted to do something to help other teams in my organization. How could I help a defined, hierarchical, command-and-control organization become Agile?